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US 10,753,702 B2Granted
Air gun with folding handle assembly
AssigneeGuardair Corporation
InventorsMark W. Yorns, Thomas C. Tremblay, Eric A. Mills
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Abstract
Devices and methods for folding handles are disclosed.
Claims13
An air gun, comprising:
- a gun body including an inlet port configured to be coupled to a source of pressurized air for receiving the pressurized air, an outlet port for discharging the pressurized air out of the air gun, and an air passage connecting the inlet port and the outlet port, said air passage being located between the inlet port and the outlet port, said gun body also defining a first handle configured to be held by a first hand of a user;
- a valve assembly in the gun body for controlling flow of air from the inlet port to the outlet port;
- a trigger assembly operably connected to the valve assembly, said trigger assembly including a trigger configured to be operated by the first hand of the user while holding the first handle;
- and
- a folding handle assembly connected to the gun body, said folding handle assembly including a second handle movable between a first releasably locked position and a second releasably locked position, wherein in the first releasably locked position, the second handle is flush with the gun body and the air gun is in a one-handed operation mode, and wherein in the second releasably locked position, the second handle is moved relative to the gun body such that the second handle can be held by a second hand of the user and the air gun is in a two-handed operation mode;
- and
- wherein the first and second handles are substantially perpendicular in the first releasably locked position;
- and
- wherein the first and second handles are substantially aligned to each other in the second releasably locked position, wherein the first and second handles extend substantially alone the same line on opposite sides of the air gun.
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An air gun, comprising:
- a gun body including an inlet port for receiving pressurized air, said inlet port including means for attachment to a source of the pressurized air, an outlet port for discharging the pressurized airout of the airgun, and an air passage connecting the inlet port and the outlet port, said air passage being located between the inlet port and the outlet port, said gun body also defining a first handle surrounding a portion of the air passage and configured to be held by a first hand of a user;
- a valve assembly in the gun body for controlling flow of air from the inlet port to the outlet port;
- a trigger assembly operably connected to the valve assembly, said trigger assembly including a trigger configured to be operated by the first hand of the user while holding the first handle;
- and
- a folding handle assembly connected to the gun body, said folding handle assembly including a second handle and means for releasably locking the second handle in either a first releasably locked position or a second releasably locked position, wherein in the first releasably locked position, the second handle is flush with the gun body and the air gun is in a one-handed operation mode, and wherein in the second releasably locked position the air gun is in a two-handed operation mode wherein the second handle is moved relative to the gun body such that the second handle can be held by a second hand of the user while the first handle is held by the first hand of the user and the trigger assembly is operated by the first hand of the user;
- and
- wherein the first and second handles are substantially perpendicular in the first releasably locked position;
- and
- wherein the first and second handles are substantially aligned to each other in the second releasably locked position, wherein the first and second handles extend substantially on the same line on opposite sides of the air gun.
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